"Moderna just selected SAP to help with distribution of the potential vaccine it is developing," Klein told analysts on a conference call, discussing the development of SAP's logistics and supply-chain business.

Moderna Inc said earlier it has started a U.S. government-backed late-stage trial for its vaccine candidate, the first to be implemented under the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed anti-coronavirus programme.

(Reporting by Douglas Busvine; editing by Thomas Seythal)